Cornwall, United Kingdom

Porthleven buoy: live swell

Porthleven has a hollow right over a reef just outside the harbour, the best-known reef break in Cornwall. A buoy sits 2 km away, and the Sevenstones buoy watches the open sea.

Buoy colour: wave height

Buoys for Porthleven

Check this one first2.3 km south-east

Porthleven Waverider

The buoy that best reflects the swell at the spot.

Reading at 01:00 PM

Sevenstones Lightship

It sees the swell coming before it reaches the coast. NDBC 62107.

Reading at 01:00 PM

4.6 km east

Wind · Culdrose

10 km/h

gusts 12 km/h

Reading at 01:00 PM

Porthleven wave forecast

Wave model GFS Wave 18 km · updated 1 hour ago

Thu 5/11

0.4-0.5m

56 kJ

0.5m 11s

269°

0.4-0.5m

50 kJ

0.5m 11s

269°

0.4-0.5m

52 kJ

0.5m 11s

269°


0.3-0.4m 27 kJ	0.4m 10s	270°
0.3-0.4m 26 kJ	0.4m 10s	272°
0.3-0.4m 22 kJ	0.3m 10s	271°
0.3-0.4m 21 kJ	0.3m 10s	272°
0.3-0.4m 21 kJ	0.3m 10s	271°
0.3-0.4m 21 kJ	0.3m 10s	272°


0.3-0.4m 18 kJ	0.3m 10s	277°
0.3-0.4m 18 kJ	0.3m 10s	277°
0.3-0.3m 18 kJ	0.3m 10s	279°
0.3-0.3m 18 kJ	0.3m 10s	279°
0.3-0.3m 16 kJ	0.3m 10s	279°
0.3-0.3m 14 kJ	0.3m 10s	279°


0.2-0.3m 10 kJ	0.2m 9s	278°
0.2-0.2m 8 kJ	0.2m 9s	279°
0.2-0.3m 12 kJ	0.3m 9s	279°
0.2-0.3m 12 kJ	0.3m 9s	280°
0.2-0.3m 12 kJ	0.3m 9s	280°
0.3-0.3m 22 kJ	0.3m 11s	256°


0.4-0.5m 2 kJ	0.4m 3s	128°
0.5-0.6m 4 kJ	0.5m 3s	126°
0.5-0.6m 5 kJ	0.6m 3s	121°
0.5-0.6m 118 kJ	0.6m 13s	237°
0.5-0.6m 107 kJ	0.6m 13s	235°
0.5-0.7m 103 kJ	0.6m 12s	232°

The spot and its buoys

Buoys for Porthleven

Porthleven Waverider

Sevenstones Lightship

Wind · Culdrose

Porthleven wave forecast

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